William Van Sprinkle

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1937 William Van Sprinkle designs a brick Colonial Revival house on Pine Lane for Richmond and Marjorie Bond Contractors Ellington & Sparrow built the five-part brick house, a story-and-a-half main block with lower wings joined by hyphens. It is the oldest house in the Laurel Hill boundary increase, and the nomination ranks it the best of the neighborhood's later Colonial Revival houses. People: William Van Sprinkle Place: Bond House, 101 Pine Lane, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill · Also named: Richmond Bond, Marjorie BondSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation, National Register nomination (OR1748), p. 14
2. 1939 Architect William Van Sprinkle designs a brick house on Gimghoul Road for Benjamin Edkins The two-story brick Colonial Revival house with a one-story side wing at 739 Gimghoul Road was built for salesman Benjamin Edkins and his wife to a design by Durham architect William Van Sprinkle. People: William Van Sprinkle Place: 739 Gimghoul Road, Chapel Hill · Also named: Benjamin EdkinsSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 63
3. about 1940 William Sprinkle designs Frances Gardham's house on Country Club Road Frances Gardham's Colonial Revival house with vernacular details is one of three Rocky Ridge Farm houses the nomination credits to architect William Sprinkle. People: William Van Sprinkle Place: Frances Gardham House, 309 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill · Also named: Frances Gardham, William SprinkleSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District, National Register nomination (OR0303), p. 9
4. about 1940 William Van Sprinkle designs a Colonial Revival house for Horace Crockford on Country Club Road For professor Horace D. Crockford and his wife, William Van Sprinkle designed a modest two-story Colonial Revival house of brick and weatherboard at 305 Country Club Road, with a garage wing and a cupola, as building in Laurel Hill picked up again at the end of the 1930s. People: William Van Sprinkle Place: 305 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill · Also named: Horace D. Crockford · Also mentions: Country Club RoadSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 65
5. March to July 1940 UNC Press editor William Couch builds a brick and stone house on Laurel Hill Road William Couch, editor of the University of North Carolina Press and brother of botanist John N. Couch, built a two-story brick and stone Colonial Revival house with a two-story gallery, designed by William Sprinkle. The Weekly reported in March 1940 that his excavation was done and building about to begin on a lot he had bought from Howard Mumford Jones, and in July 1940 that the Couches had moved in. People: William T. Couch, William Van Sprinkle Place: William Couch House, 603 Laurel Hill Road, Chapel Hill · Also named: William Sprinkle, John N. Couch, William Couch, Howard Mumford JonesSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District, National Register nomination (OR0303), p. 8 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, March 1, 1940, p. 2; Chapel Hill Weekly, July 19, 1940, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, December 20, 1940, p. 6
6. 1950 William Van Sprinkle designs a shingled Colonial Ranch on Laurel Hill Road for math professor Ed Cameron T. D. Green built the four-bay house, which has a board-and-batten front wing and an original screen porch. The nomination cites it as Sprinkle dressing the new Ranch form in colonial details. People: William Van Sprinkle Place: Cameron House, 404 Laurel Hill Road, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill · Also named: Ed Cameron, T. D. GreenSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation, National Register nomination (OR1748), p. 12
7. 1960 William Van Sprinkle designs a long Contemporary Ranch on Buttons Road for Charles and Kay Bream The six-bay house for the radiology professor mixes vertical wood and brick, with sliding windows and a carport set on the diagonal. Sprinkle, known for Colonial Revival work, here turned to a modern design. People: William Van Sprinkle Place: Bream House, 3 Buttons Road, Laurel Hill, Chapel Hill · Also named: Charles Bream, Kay BreamSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation, National Register nomination (OR1748), p. 16